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Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip
Brad, you've missed your calling. Can you say Motivational
Speaker??? Sure you can. :o()
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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"brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net> wrote in message
10iio41nslhr837@corp.supernews.com">news:10iio41nslhr837@corp.supernews.com...
: i'm lately (since sept 2002 when bbs went down) one of those
apple //
: collectors who is great at collecting (i work nights at a group
home..and
: have mucho free time..to play with laptop/ebay etc) ....so that
works
: good..but that is my computer time...i teach shotokan karate at
MSU
: (Minnesota State U. mankato) 4x a week and run my butt off like
most people
: the rest of the week...and try to get a life the 3x weekend
every 2wks i get
: off....)...fix house ...try not to be in total isolation ..etc
:
: so...don't have a shop (need to yank out cisteren ..make
shop...) don't have
: time....as some of you know i have a nice dozen siders i need
to fix..so i'm
: afraid i'm worthless for getting anything done but sniping
things off ebay
: for furture projects ..for that supposed day "when i have time
to do
: it"...endless loop...
:
: now ..if say 1/2 dozen of you guys would move to mankato..for a
retro
: computer club..i'd pop up the gonzo www site and the tpro 4.2f
RPG BBS on
: one gs and the fv/metal 4.0xev BBS on the other //gs and the
applenet dos
: 3.3 ver 1983 BBS (per prodos applenet) on the bell and
howell...and apple
: files etc..and viola all would be accessable again via www page
and internet
: for all to play on...
:
: but ...unless i get some strang....er i mean motivated folks to
stick around
: southern minnesota for more then 2yrs to help...well...it is
gonna be one
: great apple // estate sale..(or landfill....),,when i kick
off...
:
: so anyway...i need a shotokan black belt and apple ][
enthusiast to go to
: school or teach at MSU .and hang around mankato....so i can
wrestle some
: time to get something done.......kill 2 birds with one stone...
:
: (for those interested i did get the house re-wired more/less
and the
: computer room etc..that only took me 1yr and 1100 bucks...for
those who said
: it could not be done...)
:
: heck i'm still p/o'd at the other 4 sysops..moving away to
bigger and better
: things....root adm at unisys, nasa, pc net adm in colorado and
ski
: instructor....another guy a bartender/web
designer.....jeez..didn't these
: guys realize they were supposed to stay and mankato and not
have a
: career/life and wives to hold my hand and help me play bbs
sysop/apple //
: fixer'uper?....ungrateful/selfish buggers....
:
: end of rant
:
: but your right i need to do more and yell yes..but again it is
10:09 and i'm
: off to the nite job....w/laptop.....i'll lurk here later...
:
: (the whole zen thing where all you own is a bowl for food/and
water..seems
: attractive some days...)
:
: brad
:
:
: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote in message
: rbCdnYwO_J-eKLXcRVn-sQ@comcast.com">news:rbCdnYwO_J-eKLXcRVn-sQ@comcast.com...
: >
: > "brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net> wrote in message
: > 10ih9ku5rjun869@corp.supernews.com">news:10ih9ku5rjun869@corp.supernews.com...
: > : had another thought (i hear those groans..but it only
happens
: > occasionally)
: > :
: > : maybe not a metal bottom plate...what about say a clear
lucite
: > : ...plastic..the thicker kind like the same width of the
orig
: > //e or plus for
: > : example only clear...
: > :
: > : you could still use the old hacksaw and template on your
old
: > //e bottom
: > : plate..but instead of having to stamp a metal backplate
with
: > //gs ports etc
: > : you could do the same with a clear plastic setup with
: > brackets...that i
: > : would think could be more proffesionally done...perhaps
even an
: > entire clear
: > : //e to //gs upgrade bottom plate made completely out of
plastic
: > (molded?) or
: > : cutout already? ...clear lucite...type pexiglass? etc etc
: > :
: > : heck make a whole case clear like they do for modding pc
cases
: > these
: > : days...add a little neon..tubing lighting...jeez...we could
: > start a t.v.
: > : show called "pimp your apple ]["
: > :
: > : boy..i re-read the above i really need to get a life
: > :
: > : well..anyway...even just a simple //gs backplate that you
could
: > mod on the
: > : remainder of your current //e bottom plate ..after taking
off
: > the orig //e
: > : ports in back..with the old hacksaw...would be a nice
little
: > thing to have
: > : ...toss the template for mounting holes on to the old //e
: > bottomplate
: > : .....smooth out the cut metal edges..mount the //e to //gs
: > upgrade plastic
: > : (maybe clear) heavy lucite backplate on....viola....or the
: > whole bottomplate
: > : made out of clear plastic..would be even better...
: > :
: > : anyway.....re-reading the above there would prob be a
better
: > market for a
: > : //e case that was made out of completely clear
plastic...with
: > the //gs
: > : upgrade ports in the back setup (or sides?)...for some
reason
: > people still
: > : buy clear phones.....
: > :
: > : i'd prob pay something for a clear case like that ...again
: > because
: > : re-reading the above i obviously don't have a life
: > :
: > : gonna have to watch what kinda topics i trip over on this
: > group...
: > :
: > : anyway..again my 2c worth....from other posts metal may be
more
: > hassle and
: > : cost then it could be done for....
: >
: > The best thing would be to build one, a prototype if you
will,
: > and post the pics on a web site for all to see. Then, offer
them
: > to the rest of us at a price and make them, custom even. Or,
if
: > you don't want to make them, sell the plans. People made a
fairly
: > good side income for years selling plans for things they had
: > built
: > and wanted to offer to the rest of the world. My uncle spent
a
: > small
: > fortune on plans for model radio controlled planes. He must
have
: > had
: > 3-4 dozen working models built and flying at the time of his
: > death.
: >
: > So, stop talking and start building. We'd love to see it.
:o()
: >
: > Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
: > Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
: > Email - willy46pa @ comcast DOT net
: > Change DOT to a dot to contact me
: >
: >
: >
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